They'll Soon Ring Out

We are looking for that time, 
When the bells of earth shall chime
To proclaim a world of workers really free. 
I can see that joyous day
Not so very far away
And the vision puts a hopeful heart in me. 
I can see the wage slave free,
With his children by his knee,
And his darling wife is bubbling o'er with cheer; 
And the childish faces smile,
Nothing can their joy defile,
For they hear the bells of freedom ringing clear.

Chorus

Oh I hear those free bells ringing And the toilers all are singing,
For the miseries of the past have flown away. 
And a worker's world I see, Where no misery can be;
How I long to hear those bells on Freedom's Day.

If you wish to speed those times, 
If you long to hear those chimes,
Do your part in organizing all the slaves. 
If we're going to see that day 
You must help to clear the way;

We must end the reign of cap'talistic knaves. 
We must capture industry,
All the ships upon the sea-
Ev'ry fact'ry, mine and mill, we're going to take.
When the boss gets overalls, 
Then the cause of mis'ry falls
And those sleeping bells of freedom shall awake.